Normalisation Committee in Indonesia ..

(FIFA.com) Monday 4 April 2011

Following the latest events linked to the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), the FIFA Emergency Committee decided on 1 April 2011 that, in accordance with article 7 paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes, a Normalisation Committee will take over from the current PSSI executive committee.

Instilling an Australian touch on Indonesian football...

original from: www.thefootballsack.com

Saturday, April 02, 2011

by Nick Guoth

Life in Indonesia as a footballer has been quite different in 2011. In this third part of football in Indonesia, The Football Sack chats to Professional Footballers Australia’s CEO Brendan Schwab about his, and FIFPro’s, involvement with the Indonesian Premier League (LPI).

FIFPro is the world players’ union and in 2005 Schwab was asked to be chair of the FIFPro Asia Committee which two years later became one of the four official Divisions of FIFPro. Through this Schwab was involved in the development of the Indonesian players’ association (APPI) under the leadership of Vennard Hutabarat and Arya Abhiseka.

Fink: FIFA must save Indonesian football

ESPNSTAR.com columnist Jesse Fink identifies the need for FIFA to step in and save Indonesia's ailing football scene.

Indonesia national team in AFF Cup 2010

What does FIFA do in Indonesia now that the national football association (PSSI) has been exposed for the broken organisation it is following the farcical scenes at the PSSI General Assembly in Pekanbaru?

Fears of Poisoned Voting on Indonesia's Day of Destiny...

March 25, 2011 

A protester at an anti-PSSI demonstration in Jakarta last month. (Getty)

(WFI) Leading members of Indonesia’s football reform movement tell INSIDER that they fear the discredited leadership of the country’s FA (PSSI) will try and manipulate tomorrow’s PSSI Congress, which is deciding on voting procedures for April’s presidential election.

FIFA’s executive committee ordered the congress earlier this month, amidst fears that disgraced PSSI president, Nurdin Halid, was trying to manipulate the electoral process.

FIFA Slam Indonesia Lies as Disgraced Leader Stands on the Brink..

An Indonesian fan protests against the PSI leadership in Jakarta last month (Getty)

March 28, 2011 

(WFI) FIFA have castigated the discredited leadership of Indonesia’s FA (PSSI) after it prevented a FIFA observer from attending a special congress it had ordered, and for falsely claiming that football’s world governing body ordered the cancellation of the meeting.

This extraordinary turn of events may prove the death knell for the career of disgraced PSSI president, Nurdin Halid.

Earlier this month the FIFA Exco ordered the convention of a special PSSI congress to agree on voting procedures for the federation’s presidential election amidst fears that Halid, a convicted fraudster, was attempting to manipulate the electoral process.

Some of the fact about PSSI and Indonesia Super League:

1.   Nurdin Halid, the PSSI chairman, he has lead the organization since 2003. He was jailed for criminal cases and being jailed for a number of times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurdin_Halid. Nurdin also one of the functionary for Golkar Party (one of the biggest political party, now lead by Aburizal Bakrie).

Hendrie happy plying his trade at the bottom of Indonesia's illegal league...

Former England player admits it's taken time to get used to life with Bandung

By Antony Sutton in Jakarta and Glenn Moore

Friday, 25 March 2011

Lee Hendrie could have been looking forward to playing at Wembley this season, a last hurrah in the sun for a player whose potential was never quite fulfilled. Instead the former Aston Villa midfielder is playing for the bottom-placed club in an illegal league thousands of miles away, in Indonesia.

Few well-known Englishmen play abroad, and those that do, like David Beckham and Robbie Fowler, tend to go to places they would be happy to visit on holiday. Hendrie, however, has boldly gone where no English player has gone before.

An Australian in Indonesia: Aleks Vrteski...

original from: thefootballsack.com

Friday, March 18, 2011

by Nick Guoth

Following up on my article about the perils of playing football in Indonesia, Aleks Vrteski has kindly spoken to The Football Sack about what it is like, personally, to be part of the new revolution in Indonesian football.

 Born in Karratha on the north west coast of Western Australia, Aleks has plyed his trade as a goalkeeper for a number of teams including Perth Glory on two stints and FK Pobeda in Macedonia. He has also represented Australia at U17 and U20 level and Macedonia at U21 level.

FIFA's statement for the situation in Indonesia..

Based on the FIFA.com that has been decided few hours ago. The summary decision are:

Exclusive: Blatter Applies Sucker Blow to Disgraced Indonesia FA..

An Indonesian fan with an effigy of PSSI president Nurdin Halid at last week's protests. (Getty Images)

March 8, 2011 

(WFI) FIFA President Sepp Blatter says that disgraced Indonesian FA (PSSI) President Nurdin Halid will not be allowed to stand for a third term in elections to be held next month.

The perils of Premier League football in Indonesia..

Thursday, March 03, 2011

by Nick Guoth

At a time when the FFA have chosen to contract the Hyundai A-League, just north of the Arafura Sea everything appears to be on the go. In Indonesia there are now two different major competitions and Australians are flocking there in numbers - drawn in by lucrative salaries.

Yet there are perils many do not understand and recent articles in the region's newspapers and blogs show that all is not in harmony in our closest northern neighbour.

In Indonesia, a Scandal Over Soccer....

Published: March 3, 2011

JAKARTA — Chaotic street protests, bickering elites and swirling allegations of corruption — it all looks like another typically unsavory episode of politics in Indonesia.

But the latest protracted fight to absorb the attention of one of the world’s largest democracies is not about politics as usual. It is about soccer. And it is all the more serious for it.